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Council gives care homes £100 per bed to tackle staff shortages
Essex County Council is providing emergency funding of £2.5 million to address care sector staff shortages by giving £100 for every care home bed it commissions. Source: Care Feeds
Social care risks becoming a 'tsunami of unmet need' if vacancies rise further, warns CQC
Social care providers are facing a staffing crisis as recruitment and staff retention is fast becoming a “serious and deteriorating” situation with “increasing numbers” of people unable to access care, the care regulator has warned. Source: Care Feeds
Recruitment crisis sees government give £162.5m to attract care workers
Care homes and home care providers are being given £162.5m by the government to help hire tens of thousands of care workers in response to the sector’s recruitment crisis. Source: Care Feeds
Booster vaccine rollout too slow putting care homes 'at risk' from Covid once again, warns care leader
The Independent Care Group (ICG) is calling on the government to speed up the Covid-19 booster vaccine to care home residents and care workers in fear a surge in infection rates will put their settings at risk “once again” this winter. Source: Care Feeds
